The Last Charge Of The Australian Light Horse

Author : Ion Idriess
Publisher : ETT Imprint
ISBN 13 : 1925706265
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Beersheba 1917 written by Ion Idriess and published by ETT Imprint. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To help celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba on October 31 1917, this book offers nearly 100 unpublished photographs taken in the field by brothers Guy and Barney Hayden, of the 12th Light Horse. Both Lieutenants, the Haydons were at the forefront of the skirmish and the attack itself, and like all the Walers, their great horses Midnight and Polo play their essential part, right to the Charge itself. With Guy Haydon's testimony and Trooper Ion Idriess' diary note on the great day's events, this book is a celebration of our Light Horse - and the world's final great Charge in World War One.

Author : Roland Perry
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0733626122
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Australian Light Horse written by Roland Perry and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First raised during the Boer War, the Light Horse attracted many from the outback - men who knew how to survive and fight in hot and dry country, and who had a special bond with their horses. Battle-hardened at Gallipoli, by the time the men arrived in Palestine they were more than ready to play their critical role in Colonel Lawrence's defeat of the Turks (in the face of the British High Command's acceptance of the status quo). And under their brilliant commander, Sir Harry Chauvel, they were victorious in the Sinai, Palestine and Syria - culminating in the last great cavalry charge in our history, the taking of Beersheba in 1917. Their victories played a decisive part in shaping Middle Eastern history in the 20th century. Roland Perry tells the story as it deserves to be told - with colour and authority, bringing their exploits to life. Every Australian knows this story - but few, until now, have read it. 'a history book that deserves a place in every suburban home library . . . the story of an extraordinary generation of Australians who created an enduring legend while changing the course of history' - West Australian 'the first great read about the victories of the Australian cavalry in Arabia' - The Australian 'conjures up the romantic image of the Light Horse that endures to this day' - Herald Sun 'briskly written, well-researche'd - The Age 'A compulsive read' - Newcastle Herald

Author : Peter FitzSimons
Publisher : Hachette Australia
ISBN 13 : 0733646654
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse written by Peter FitzSimons and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable town of Beersheba. What happened in the next hour changed the course of history. This brave battle and the extraordinary adventures that led to it are brought vividly to life by Australia's greatest storyteller, Peter FitzSimons. It is an epic tale of farm boys, drovers, bank clerks, dentists, poets and scoundrels transported to fight a war half a world away, and is full of incredible characters: from Major Banjo Paterson to Lawrence of Arabia; the brilliant writer Trooper Ion Idriess and the humble General Harry Chauvel; the tearaway Test fast bowler 'Tibby' Cotter and the infamous warhorse, Bill the Bastard. All have their part to play in the enthralling, sprawling drama of the Australian Light Horse. Theirs was a war fought in an ancient land with modern weapons; where the men of the Light Horse were trained in sight of the pyramids, drank in the brothels of Cairo and fought through lands known to them only as names from the Bible. The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse traces the hard path of the Light Horse from the bleakest of starts - being deprived of their horses and fighting at Gallipoli in the tragic Battle of the Nek - to triumph and glory in the desert. Revealing the feats of the Australians who built the legend, it is a brilliantly told tale of courage, resilience and derring-do from Australia's favourite storyteller.

Author : Peter FitzSimons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781038766298
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse written by Peter FitzSimons and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roland Perry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780733634574
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Australian Light Horse written by Roland Perry and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Australian Light Horse was a unique force, first raised during the Boer War, and then reformed for World War I. Most of the men were from the outback, had a special bond with their horses (which were all brought from Australia) - and they knew how to survive and fight in the desert. The greatest part of the Allied victory over the Turks was theirs. Colonel Lawrence had a strategy for actually defeating the Turks - as opposed to the British High Command's acceptance of the status quo. What Lawrence needed was a mobile, elite force to join his own troops - and in the Light Horse he had them. Battle-hardened by Gallipoli and the repulse of the Turkish invasion of Egypt, the Australians were ready. Under their brilliant commander, Sir Harry Chauvel, they won great victories in the Sinai, Palestine and Syria - culminating in the last great cavalry charge in our military history, and the taking of Beersheba in 1917. Every Australian has heard of the Light Horse - but practically none have read their story. Roland Perry brings their story to life, and tells it with colour, emotion - and authority. Now part of the HACHETTE MILITARY COLLECTION.

Author : Sir Henry Gullett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine written by Sir Henry Gullett and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Daley
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0522855997
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beersheba written by Paul Daley and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Beersheba, a redeeming win for the ANZACs who lost at Gallipoli, has slipped through the cracks of Australia's historical consciousness. Why are Australians so much more content to commemmorate a glorious defeat than we are to celebrate such a resounding, against the odds, victory?

Author : Major Edwin L. Kennedy Jr.
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782896988
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian Light Horse: A Study Of The Evolution Of Tactical And Operational Maneuver written by Major Edwin L. Kennedy Jr. and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyzes the actions of the Australian Light Horse in the Middle East campaign during World War I. It shows the basis for their approach to war and how these techniques were successful by adapting to the circumstances of the situation. The Australian Light Horse demonstrated the traits of initiative and flexibility during the campaign in Egypt and Palestine by changing their modus operandi from mounted infantry to cavalry, a seemingly minor shift semantically, a major shift doctrinally. Their adaptability to the situations in the desert was largely responsible for their tactical successes and played a major part in the success of the operational maneuver of the mounted forces under General Allenby during the last year of the war. Most importantly, the lessons learned from their actions sustained the advocates of horse cavalry doctrine long after the apparent usefulness of the horse on the modern battlefield had diminished in importance.

Author : Roland Perry
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1743430302
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bill the Bastard written by Roland Perry and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic yarn based on the true story of a great Australian war horse who rode with bravery and valour at Gallipoli, the desert campaigns of Egypt, and Palestine.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781925706208
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Beersheba 1917 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 pages of unpublished photographs from the Haydon family archives, showing the courage and composure of the Light Horse in this famous Sinai cavalry charge. With text by Trooper Ion Idriess and Lieutenant Guy Haydon, here is a chance to view the Desert battle ground of October and November 1917 as never before. The larrikin spirit, the camaraderie, the horses, alongside vignettes of Beersheba in the immediate days following the cavalry charge.